I’m glad I can say this about myself (definition #1, that is, since #2 isn’t used anymore—and would have a very different connotation).
extant (ex·tant): / EK stuhnt /
adjective
(1) still existing; in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct
(2) standing out; protruding (archaic)
[From Latin stem exstant- from exstans, the present participle of exstare meaning “to stand out (, to exist),” from Latin prefix ex- (“out of, from, hence, thoroughly”) + Latin stare (“to stand”).]
Usage: Only three extant copies of the manuscript had ever been found, and they were all stored in the museum at the time of the fire.
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